[Mike Stevenson]"Or are you just scared that X is making 15 year old skateboarders edit circles around you on their macbook airs while popping kick flips."

LOL
So you freely admit that X is the playground of 15 year old skateboarders, and use it to pursue your argument.

[Mike Stevenson]"edit circles around you on their macbook airs"

I doubt anyone will be doing that on a machine that doesn't have any I/O, much less a 15 year old skateboarder.

[Mike Stevenson]"wall of text...stuck in a dingy basement with 10 of your avid buddies cutting the next episode of the real world - who's the real winner."

That would be 10 of my Avid buddies cutting the next episode of the Real World. How much do you think they make a year doing that? How much does your mythical skateboarder make on his 'documentary'?
I noticed in this scenario your 15 year old skateboarder can't get hired to do any paid editing. I wonder why?

BTW
If you think the same tired old handheld, low angle, slomo, rail grinding shots with a ton of meaningless free plugins and light leaks on every shot, that looks like every other of the millions of copycat skateboarder/snowboarder videos posted to YT is somehow edgy, fresh or in any way "editing circles" around any of us, you are sadly misinformed.